National Language
India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Bengali and Assamese
Munda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Henda ho
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Not Available
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Boge Setak’
Please
Not Available
Not Available
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Not Available
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
Not Available
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Not Available
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Not Available
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Mahali
Where They Speak
India
India
Dialect 2
Ganjami
Not present
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kosli
Not present
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Odias
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
or
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
macr1269
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Oriya and Santali Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Oriya and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Santali language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Santali Difficulty
The Oriya vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Santali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Oriya and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.